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Re: NTFS is case-sensitive

From DFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: NTFS is case-sensitive
Date 2015-03-28 12:56 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <mf6mes$ftg$2@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 3/28/2015 12:26 PM, owl wrote:
> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> John Gohde wrote:
>
>>> On Friday, March 27, 2015 at 6:46:44 PM UTC-4, owl wrote:
>>>> NTFS is not "case-insensitive, case-preserving" as has been crowed about
>>>> here forever.  I recently was fooling around and found that I could
>>>> mount NTFS under linux and create files with names that differed
>>>> only in case.  Even windows explorer would still show those files
>>>> in a listing.  So I decided to do a little digging, and this pops
>>>> up:
>>>>
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/100625
>>>> <quote>
>>>> Filenames are Case Sensitive on NTFS Volumes
>>>>
>>>> Collapse imageSUMMARY
>>>> As part of the requirements for POSIX compliance, the Windows NT File
>>>> System (NTFS) provides a case-sensitive file and directory naming
>>>> convention. Even though NTFS and the POSIX subsystem each handle
>>>> case-sensitivity well, 16-bit Windows-based, MS-DOS-based, OS/2-based,
>>>> and Win32-based applications do not.
>>>> Collapse imageMORE INFORMATION
>>>> In NTFS, you can create unique file names, stored in the same directory,
>>>> that differ only in case. For example, the following filenames can
>>>> coexist in one directory on an NTFS volume:
>>>> CASE.TXT
>>>> case.txt
>>>> case.TXT
>>>> ...
>>>> </quote>
>>>>
>>>> Did not know that. :)
>>>
>>> Ah! That probably explains why Owl is fundamentally mad, he is case sensitive - LOL.
>>> ........ the Moi cracks a joke that goes over the head of retards
>
>
>> Vitamin Dumbshit,
>
>> Who are you talking about?  There's no one here by the name of Owl.
>
> LOL.  Gohde just pwned you by changing the letter of one word.



I had to go back and look at the original pwnage Snit made on you.

Snit: "Poor Owl... he hates when I prove him wrong. Oh well."

owl being pwned: "There's no "O" in my name."


You recognized Owl as your name, whereas I didn't recognize Owl at all.

Close but no cigar for you, hoss.

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NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 22:46 +0000
  Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 19:29 -0400
  Re: NTFS is case-sensitive John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 08:45 -0700
    Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 16:00 +0000
      Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:26 +0000
        Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 12:56 -0400
          Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:06 +0000
          Re: NTFS is case-sensitive John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 10:32 -0700
          Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-28 13:08 -0700
            Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:22 -0400
              Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-28 21:40 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 22:23 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-29 11:06 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 15:12 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-29 21:22 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-29 23:08 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-29 09:18 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-29 21:22 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-29 18:27 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 02:16 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 09:49 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 08:24 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 17:06 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 12:19 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 23:54 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-31 00:06 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 17:12 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 17:41 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 17:15 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-31 01:07 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 18:21 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 12:24 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 20:46 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-31 01:52 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 19:10 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 11:35 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 23:09 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 22:01 -0700
                NTFS is not the best filesystem taka0038@gmail.com - 2015-03-31 18:52 -0700
                Re: NTFS is not the best filesystem Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-31 22:51 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 09:48 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 08:44 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 09:37 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 20:50 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 19:14 -0700
          Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 17:09 -0700
            Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 00:24 +0000
              Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:26 -0400
    Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:09 +0000
  Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 13:06 -0400
    Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:15 +0000
      Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:28 +0000
        Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 18:35 +0000
    Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 12:57 +0000

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